Anaheim Ducks vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Wednesday, March 31, 2010 · Pepsi Center
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Game summary
The Anaheim Ducks beat the Colorado Avalanche 5–2 on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Ducks 29–27.
Goals came from Steve Eminger, Saku Koivu, Milan Hejduk, Scott Niedermayer, Teemu Selanne, Jason Blake and Darcy Tucker.
Curtis McElhinney made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Craig Anderson stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Eminger (1)Saku Koivu (1), Jason Blake (1)1–015:40 ANA
Saku Koivu (1)Jason Blake (2)2–019:56 ANA
2nd period
Milan Hejduk (1)Paul Stastny (1), Matt Duchene (1)2–113:22 COL · 
Scott Niedermayer (1)Saku Koivu (2), Jason Blake (3)3–119:30 ANA
3rd period
Teemu Selanne (1)Jason Blake (4), Saku Koivu (3)4–102:34 ANA
Jason Blake (1)Teemu Selanne (1), Steve Eminger (1)5–112:02 ANA
Darcy Tucker (1)Ryan O'Reilly (1), Cody McLeod (1)5–213:26 COL
Team stats
ANACOL
2729
47%53%
0/11/3
117
2318
167
27
814
Penalties
- 2:28 into the second period
Cody McLeod · fighting5 min - 2:28 into the second period
Mike Brown · fighting5 min - 3:31 into the second periodNick Bonino · hooking2 min
- 10:18 into the second periodRyan Wilson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 12:57 into the second periodSheldon Brookbank · holding2 min
- 13:58 into the second periodBrendan Mikkelson · tripping2 min
Season series
Anaheim Ducks
| 33Jason BlakeL | 1 | 4 | 5 | +4 | 5 | 14:14 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 3 | 18:07 |
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 2 | 16:17 |
| 7Steve EmingerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +5 | 3 | 24:39 |
| 9Bobby RyanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:59 |
| 10Corey PerryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 13Mike BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:41 |
| 16George ParrosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:43 |
| 22Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 |
| 28Kyle ChipchuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:14 |
| 39Matt BeleskeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 50Troy BodieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:47 |
| 63Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 17Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:10 |
| 21Sheldon BrookbankD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:38 |
| 60Brendan MikkelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Curtis McElhinneyG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 36Jean-Philippe LevasseurG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Avalanche
| 9Matt DucheneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | 19:18 |
| 16Darcy TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:05 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 37Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:24 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:39 |
| 25Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 16:24 |
| 32Kevin PorterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:12 |
| 39TJ GaliardiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 40Marek SvatosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:13 |
| 45Chris DurnoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:33 |
| 88Peter MuellerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:29 |
| 10Kyle CumiskeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 20:29 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:37 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:41 |
| 44Ryan WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:14 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 19:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Craig AndersonG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |